DMO Energy Twister Wizard BiS Gear, Gems, and Paragon Points

The build incorporates the complete Delsere's Magnum Opus set, taking all six available pieces and opening up the jewelry for the Endless Walk set and its damage multiplication bonuses. Area Damage is important for the Energy Twister Wizard and is a recommended roll on Dashing Pauldrons of Despair (along with Intelligence, Vitality and Life %) and perfected, quadfecta Fierce Gauntlets (along with both Crit stats and Attack Speed, replacing Intelligence). Harness of Truth and Leg Guards of Mystery should remain pure Toughness slots. Shrouded Mask and Striders of Destiny can roll Energy Twister %, and it is recommended to seek the skill bonus on both. Note that stacking Armor benefits you because of the balancing of sources of mitigation, as All Resistance is already abundant on an Intelligence-based character. Notice also the absence of crowd control immunity in the spec (it is a non-Archon build), making Crowd Control Reduction secondary stats (ideally on helm, but can also roll on jewelry) very beneficial. Lastly, Attack Speed is an important affix as far as Arcane Torrent- Etched Sigil combo builds are concerned, since you want to match the 60-frame internal cooldown of the source with a 10-frame/tick rate of the skill. In short, this requires that you get 1.81 to 2.00 sheet attacks per second, attainable from Paragon points and 3 maxed out gear Attack Speed rolls (weapon, gloves and one ring).

Not skipping on any of the six available set pieces to obtain the full Delsere's Magnum Opus set bonus allows you to split between offense and defense in the jewelry slots. One of the 2.4 reworks, the Endless Walk set — The Compass Rose ring and The Traveler's Pledge amulet — adds a unique mechanic that slowly increases your damage by up to a 100% if you remain stationary, and drains it away and increases your damage reduction while moving. This is identical to the DMO Energy Twister playstyle, which crosses long distances into a favorably dense area and then transitions into stationary Arcane Torrent and Energy Twister alternation (see this build's skills page for more information). Your other ring slot will be taken by the pure damage boost of Convention of Elements, whose rotation of elemental bonuses you will need to learn and time to maximize the benefits of the short-lived Arcane cycle.

When starting out with the build, resource management of channeled skills can be an issue. While you learn the ins and outs of the playstyle, you can use Hergbrash's Binding — a dedicated legendary belt that reduces the strain on your Arcane Power reserves while holding down the Arcane Torrent barrage. Note the considerable range of the unique bonus, and strive to attain as close to the maximum 65% as possible. When you get comfortable with Arcane Power management and want to push the upper limits of this build, alter this slot to the all-out damage staple The Witching Hour.

Ranslor's Folly are an Energy Twister-dedicated item that both increases the skill's damage considerably (up to 300%) and introduces a powerful monster-pulling mechanic to the tornados. Similarly to the belt, there is a considerable disparity between a low and high roll of the unique property, so prioritize maximizing the damage bonus first.

The remaining item slots — weapon and offhand — will be occupied by dedicated channeling legendary items that enable the playstyle interactions in the first place and increase the build's damage output. Etched Sigil is a build-defining legendary source that augments and casts Energy Twisters for free. The aptly named The Twisted Sword increases the skill's damage by up to 150% for each tornado you have out on the battlefield, up to a maximum of 5; it also nets you the strongest rune, Raging Storm, for free, with additional stacking enhancements.

To help you with farming the gear you need for your builds, we have two very useful guides that you can access by clicking the links below: a Salvage Guide to help you quickly check whether or not you can safely salvage a piece of gear and a Legendary Farming Guide to help you efficiently farm legendaries and set items.

The former Season 28 theme, the Altar of Rites, has been revised and re-added to Diablo 3 as a permanent character progression mechanic. — For virtually all builds and players of all skill levels — from casual to advanced — we recommend progressing through the Altar tree using the path outlined below. The suggested path is geared towards maximum quality of life first, then amplifying damage, and then mopping up the tree with defensive and edge case utility nodes.

Note that while they require reaching them with a Seal, Legendary Potion Powers are not part of the Seal cost system; Potions unlock with a separate resource called Primordial Ashes, obtained from salvaging Legendary or Set items of Primal (red bordered) quality. Upgrade them as soon as possible, and in the order shown below (courtesy of Caleko's Altar of Rites planner).

You can read more on the Altar of Rites, Seals and Legendary Potion Powers in our dedicated Altar of Rites Mechanics guide.

Bane of the Trapped is a potent source of additional damage, as it is its own multiplier in your total damage calculation. The gem procs itself with its level 25 property when in melee range, but can easily be triggered from afar with your numerous, large radius Slow Times.

Esoteric Alteration is the strongest damage mitigation gem in the game, and provides some much necessary survival to a fragile-yet-frontline build such as this one. You can notably alternate this gem slot to Zei's Stone of Vengeance for another separate damage multiplier, since — contrary to its description — it grants its base benefits from a 0-yard distance, instead of starting out at 10.

Introduced in Season 4, Bane of the Stricken occupies the third and final jewelry socket. Building up your damage multiplicatively in prolonged fights and with a level 25 bonus specifically targeting Rift Guardians, this gem is designed to assist AoE heavy builds in their struggle against single target, high HP enemies. In lower Greater Rifts, when you are not yet pushing against the very limits of your gear, you can alternate this slot to Bane of the Powerful for the dependable overall damage and toughness increase.

For more information about gems, please refer to our guide on gems.

Your weapon Cube slot should be taken by Valthek's Rebuke, another Energy Twister-specific legendary that amplifies the damage of the skill. There is an additional, path-straightening effect, which will be ignored in a setup with Wicked Wind as the Twisters will remain stationary as priority.

Aquila Cuirass is a damage reduction powerhouse that cuts incoming damage in half as long as you do not dip below 90% of your resource reserve.

Your jewelry Cube slot can vary between the protective Halo of Karini and the offensive Convention of Elements — again, dependent on your better rolled item.

In Season 33, where you get a 4th slot for the Kanai's Cube, you can introduce additional damage to the build by slotting Deathwish there.

The Kanai's Cube can be used for much more than simply extracting Legendary powers from items. Please refer to our Kanai's Cube guide for more information.

The recommended follower for this build during solo GR progression is the Scoundrel due to his powerful crit buff, allowing you brief windows of extra damage that are well suited to the strengths of this build. Alternatively, if you feel yourself too squishy, you can alter to the Templar for his powerful heals and sustain boons.

For more information regarding followers, we advise you to read our Follower Guide, which contains detailed advice for choosing the skills and the gear of your follower.

Your recommended potion is Bottomless Potion of the Tower, whose Armor-increasing properties complement the naturally high All Resistances stat of Wizards (due to Intelligence scaling Resistances) for optimal survivability.